Lawrence Kasanoff

Lawrence Kasanoff

Known for
Production
Born
June 1, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Lawrence Alan "Larry" Kasanoff (born June 1, 1959) is an American filmmaker who founded the Vestron Pictures genre subsidiary Lightning Pictures in 1986, Lightstorm Entertainment with James Cameron in 1990 and Threshold Entertainment in 1993. He is known for films such as the Mortal Kombat movie franchise including the 1995 Mortal Kombat, its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and its spin-off series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and Mortal Kombat: Conquest. He also served as executive producer of the 2021 reboot. Some other films he has produced include Blood Diner, Blue Steel, True Lies, and Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers and directing the infamous animated box-office bomb, Foodfight!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Kasanoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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X Factor in the Jungle poster

X Factor in the Jungle

Movie · Producer

2026
Mortal Kombat II poster

Mortal Kombat II

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
My Home Unknown poster

My Home Unknown

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Mortal Kombat poster

Mortal Kombat

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Bobbleheads: The Movie poster

Bobbleheads: The Movie

Movie · Producer

2012
Foodfight! poster

Foodfight!

Movie · Producer

2012
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out poster

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers poster

LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
LEGO Hero Factory poster

LEGO Hero Factory

TV · Producer · 17 eps

2009
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn poster

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn

Movie · Executive Producer

2003
クリスタナ・ローケン T-X poster

クリスタナ・ローケン T-X

Movie · Executive Producer

1999
Beowulf poster

Beowulf

Movie · Producer

1998
Mortal Kombat: Conquest poster

Mortal Kombat: Conquest

TV · Producer · 22 eps

1997
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation poster

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Movie · Producer

1996
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm poster

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

TV · Executive Producer · 13 eps

1995
Mortal Kombat poster

Mortal Kombat

Movie · Producer

1995
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins poster

Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins

Movie · Producer

1995
Strange Days poster

Strange Days

Movie · Executive Producer

1994
True Lies poster

True Lies

Movie · Executive Producer

1991
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' poster

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

Movie · Executive Producer

1991
A Gnome Named Gnorm poster

A Gnome Named Gnorm

Movie · Executive Producer

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Movie · Production Manager

1990
Class of 1999 poster

Class of 1999

Movie · Executive Producer

1990
Blue Steel poster

Blue Steel

Movie · Executive Producer

1990
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College poster

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

Movie · Executive Producer

1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud poster

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

Movie · Executive Producer

1989
Far from Home poster

Far from Home

Movie · Executive Producer

1989
Dream a Little Dream poster

Dream a Little Dream

Movie · Executive Producer

1988
You Can't Hurry Love poster

You Can't Hurry Love

Movie · Executive Producer

1988
Dangerous Curves poster

Dangerous Curves

Movie · Executive Producer

1988
The Underachievers poster

The Underachievers

Movie · Executive Producer

1987
Blood Diner poster

Blood Diner

Movie · Executive Producer

1987
Party Camp poster

Party Camp

Movie · Executive Producer

1987
Dirty Dancing poster

Dirty Dancing

Movie · Production Manager